--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c	Wed Sep 21 01:12:59 2011 +0200
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c	Tue Sep 20 19:55:51 2011 -0500
@@ -356,6 +356,59 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+
+static PyObject *
+q_getitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromLongLong(((PY_LONG_LONG *)ap->ob_item)[i]);
+}
+
+static int
+q_setitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i, PyObject *v)
+{
+    PY_LONG_LONG x;
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(v, "L;array item must be integer", &x))
+        return -1;
+    if (i >= 0)
+        ((PY_LONG_LONG *)ap->ob_item)[i] = x;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+QQ_getitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(
+        ((unsigned PY_LONG_LONG *)ap->ob_item)[i]);
+}
+
+static int
+QQ_setitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i, PyObject *v)
+{
+    unsigned PY_LONG_LONG x;
+    if (PyLong_Check(v)) {
+        x = PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(v);
+        if (x == (unsigned PY_LONG_LONG) -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+            return -1;
+    }
+    else {
+        PY_LONG_LONG y;
+        if (!PyArg_Parse(v, "L;array item must be integer", &y))
+            return -1;
+        if (y < 0) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                "unsigned long long is less than minimum");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        x = (unsigned PY_LONG_LONG)y;
+    }
+
+    if (i >= 0)
+        ((unsigned PY_LONG_LONG *)ap->ob_item)[i] = x;
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static PyObject *
 f_getitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i)
 {
@@ -406,6 +459,10 @@
     {'I', sizeof(int), II_getitem, II_setitem, "I", 1, 0},
     {'l', sizeof(long), l_getitem, l_setitem, "l", 1, 1},
     {'L', sizeof(long), LL_getitem, LL_setitem, "L", 1, 0},
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+    {'q', sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG), q_getitem, q_setitem, "q", 1, 1},
+    {'Q', sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG), QQ_getitem, QQ_setitem, "Q", 1, 0},
+#endif
     {'f', sizeof(float), f_getitem, f_setitem, "f", 0, 0},
     {'d', sizeof(double), d_getitem, d_setitem, "d", 0, 0},
     {'\0', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} /* Sentinel */
@@ -1655,6 +1712,16 @@
         intsize = sizeof(long);
         is_signed = 0;
         break;
+#if HAVE_LONG_LONG
+    case 'q':
+        intsize = sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG);
+        is_signed = 1;
+        break;
+    case 'Q':
+        intsize = sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG);
+        is_signed = 0;
+        break;
+#endif 
     default:
         return UNKNOWN_FORMAT;
     }
@@ -2501,7 +2568,11 @@
         }
     }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+        "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, q, Q, f or d)");
+#else
         "bad typecode (must be b, B, u, h, H, i, I, l, L, f or d)");
+#endif
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2524,12 +2595,18 @@
     'I'         unsigned integer   2 \n\
     'l'         signed integer     4 \n\
     'L'         unsigned integer   4 \n\
+    'q'         signed integer     8 (see note) \n\
+    'Q'         unsigned integer   8 (see note) \n\
     'f'         floating point     4 \n\
     'd'         floating point     8 \n\
 \n\
-NOTE: The 'u' typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character. On \n\
+NOTE: The 'u' type code corresponds to Python's unicode character. On \n\
 narrow builds this is 2-bytes on wide builds this is 4-bytes.\n\
 \n\
+NOTE: The 'q' and 'Q' type codes are only available if the platform \n\
+C compiler used to build Python supports 'long long', or, on Windows, \n\
+'__int64'.\n\
+\n\
 The constructor is:\n\
 \n\
 array(typecode [, initializer]) -- create a new array\n\